EVA Air publishes Hello Kitty schedule for new Los Angeles service

Yesterday I shared what was hands down the industry news of the week — EVA Air will launch “Hello Kitty” service to the US as of September 18. Presently they only operate select A330 services within Asia with Hello Kitty themed planes, though this new services marks the first Hello Kitty themed 777-300ER.

The big question I had was whether the service was only going to be a few days a week, or if they were planning on configuring multiple 777-300ERs with the Hello Kitty theme, given that a single 777-300ER can’t fly roundtrip between Los Angeles and Taipei in a day.

Via airlineroute.net, it appears we have our answer, as the service will only operate three times a week.

Kicking myself for having schedule conflicts for the first two weeks of the service, though this is now at the very top of my list of aspirational products to try. I think Jamison was right all along — flying first class doesn’t make sense.

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“Kicking myself for having schedule conflicts for the first two weeks of the service, though this is now at the very top of my list of aspirational products to try. I think Jamison was right all along — flying first class doesn’t make sense.”

Wow, that’s quite a turnaround in the span of a few hours. 😛

On the other hand if this is really at the “very top” of your aspirational goals then you’d better put whatever is in the way on hold and fly the inaugural. In both directions. Anything less is an insult to the most powerful cartoon cat on earth.

Hmmm…. I have an EVA air flight scheduled for January…. it’s flight BR15 LAX-TPE but it departs at 10:45 pm instead of the 1:55 am you are showing. I wonder if there has been a schedule change for that? Wouldn’t it be nice if I could arrange it for that specific flight!

Lucky, I’m hoping to cash in on some United miles on EVA, on a LAX->TPE->SIN route. I noticed that there are some award business seats for 60k miles. I’d like to layover in TPE for a few days. Is it possible to incorporate that in a layover? Thanks.

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